13 trucks line up under a bridge to stop a man from contemplating suicide on Michigan freeway

Over a dozen tractor-trailers parked under a freeway overpass to aid police after they discovered a man was contemplating suicide.

Police directed the truckers into their positions in order to limit the man's fall.

The man walked towards the police after a four-hour standoff.

HUNTINGTON WOODS, Mich. (AP) — More than a dozen tractor-trailers lined up beneath a Detroit-area freeway overpass to aid police trying to help a man contemplating suicide.

Michigan State Police Lt. Michael Shaw said troopers received a call early Tuesday about the man standing on an overpass above Interstate 696 in Huntington Woods. As officers routed traffic away, they directed truckers to drive into positions to shorten the fall if the man jumped.

Thirteen trucks lined the freeway as police dealt with the man. The incident lasted about four hours until he walked off to waiting officers and to seek medical help.

Shaw says troopers typically work with truckers during such incidents, but it's unusual to have so many involved. He adds there are "many other options out there aside from taking your own life."